Browsing the archives for the Ricky Nelson tag

‘Hello Mary Lou’ Solo Listed in ‘Guitar Player’

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Guitar Player magazine (June 2011) lists James Burton’s solo on Rick Nelson’s Hello Mary Lou (1961) as one of The 40 Most Influential Rock Guitar Solos.

Rick Nelson’s Birthday May 8

James and Louise Burton traveled to DeKalb Texas at the invitation of the Rick Nelson Museum in honor of what would have been his seventy-first birthday. James was Rick Nelson’s lead guitar from 1958–1965.

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